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PUBLICATIONS  ISSUED  BY  THE  GENERAL  liXSfe  OlPMnB. 


Department  of  the  Interior,  • 

\  General  Land  Office, 
W ashington^  D.  6'.,  February  29^  191G. 
Appended  is  a  list  of  circulars  issued  by  the  General  Land  Office 
for  general  distribution,  requests  for  which  should  be  addressed  to 
"  Commissioner  of  General  Land  Office,  Washington,  D.  C." 

There  is  also  set  forth  (pp.  8-11)  a  list  of  circulars  which,  the  sup- 
ply havmg  been  exhausted,  are  not  available  for  distribution.  The 
volume  and  page  of  the  Land  Decisions  where  published  are  given. 
It  must  not  be  understood  that  this  list  embraces  all  regulations, 
but  merely  those  of  widest  and  most  general  interest. 

Clay  Tallman,  Commissioner. 


VACANT   PUBLIC   LAND. 

Circular  No.  420. — Vacant  public  land  on  July  1,  1915. 

A  statement  of  the  vacaDt  public  land,  surveyed  and  unsurveyed.  on 
July  1,  1915,  arranged  by  States,  land  districts,  and  counties.  [Similar 
statements  are  issued  under  date  of  July  1  each  year ;  available  for  dis- 
tribution about  Aug.  15.] 

HOMESTEAD. 

Circular  No.  414. — June  1,  1915.     Suggestions  to  homesteaders  and  persons  de- 
siring to  make  homestead  entries.     (44  L.  D.,  91.) 

How  claims  under  the  homestead  law  originate.  By  whom  homestead  en- 
tries may  be  made.  Rights  of  widows,  heirs,  or  devisees  under  the  home- 
stead laws.  Residence  and  cultivation  required  under  the  homestead  laws. 
Commutation  of  homestead  entries.  How  proofs  may  be  made.  Fees  on 
entries  and  final  proofs.  Alienation  of  land  by  homesteaders.  Enlarged 
homesteads.     Entries   not   requiring  residence.     Homestead   laws. 

Circular   No.    278. — November    1.    1913.     The   three-year   homestead    law.     (42 
L.  D.,  511.) 

Act  of  June  6,  1912  (37  Stat.,  123).  Residence.  Cultivation.  Reduction 
of  cultivation.  Procedure  to  obtain  a  reduction  in  area  of  cultivation.  Per- 
missible absence  from  the  homestead.  Commutation.  Death  of  the  home- 
stead entryman.  Effect  of  new  law  on  entries  made  prior  thereto.  Rule 
prescribed  respecting  cultivation  to  be  shown  on  entries  made  prior  to  but 
adjudicated  under  new  law.  Time  for  proof  on  entries  made  before  but 
adjudicated  under  new  law. 

Circular  No.  351. — September  8.  1914.     Absences  from  homestead  entries,     (-i:^. 
L.  D..  37S.) 

Act  of  August  22,  1914  (38  Stat,  704),  allowing  the  five  months'  ab.sence 
in    each    residence  year   to   be   divided   into   two   periods. 

269.10°— 16 


2  PUBLICATIONS   ISSUED  BY   GENEEAL   LAND    OFFICE. 

Circular  No.  302. — February  28,  1914.  Soldiers'  and  sailors'  homestead  rights. 
(43  L.  D.,  138.) 

Periods  of  service  for  which  credit  may  be  given  in  lieu  of  residence. 
Home.stead  rights  of  widows  and  minor  orphan  children  of  deceased  soldiers 
and   sailors.     Soldiers'   declaratory   statements. 

Circular  No.  46.— August  18,  1911.     Constructive  residence.     (40  L.  D.,  228.) 

Credit    for    first    six    months    after    entry    abolished.  - 

Circular   No   306. — March   7,    1914.     Cutting  of   timber  by   entrymen   on   their 

homestead  claims. 
Circular  No.  325.— May  27,  1914.     Commutation  proof.      (43  L.  D.,  256.) 

Regulations    of   October   18,   1907    (36   L.    D.,   124),    revised. 

Circular  No.  330. — .Tune  6,  1914.     Intermarriage  of  homesteaders.     (43  L.  D.. 

272.) 

Act  of  April   6,    1914    (38    Stat.,    312). 

Circular  No.  354. — September  26,  1914.  Second  homestead  entries.  (43  L.  D., 
408.) 

Act   of   September   5,    1914    (30    Stat.,    720). 

Circular  No  361. — November  4,  1914.  Marriage  of  female  citizen  after  initiat- 
ing claim  to  public  lands.     (43  L.  D.,  444.) 

Act  of  October  17,  1914    (38   Stat.,  740). 

Circular  No.  364. — November  13,  1914.  Proof  on  homestead  entry  by  deserted 
wife.      (43  L.  D.,  445.) 

Act  of  October  22,   1914    (38   Stat.,   766). 

ENLARGED  HOMESTEADS. 

[See  paragraphs  43  to  50  and  Appendix  No.  13  of  Circular  No.  414.] 

Circular  No.   94. — April   2,  1912.     Qualifications   to  make  an   entry   under  the 

enlarged  homestead  law.     (40  L.  D.,  526.) 
Circular   No   401. — April   17,    1915.     Additional   entry   after   proof  on   original. 
(44  L.  D.,  66.) 

Act  of  March  3,  1915   (38  Stat.,  956). 
Circular  No.  402. — April  17,  1915.     Petitions  for  designation.      (44  L.  D.,  68.) 
Act  of  March  4,  1915   (38  Stat.,  1162). 

HOMESTEADS  WITHIN  NATIONAL   FORESTS. 

Circular  No.  263. — August  19,  1913.  Homestead  entries  within  national  forests. 
(-12  L.  D.,  331.) 

Act  of  June  11,  1906  (34  Stat..  233). 

Circular  No  235. — April  30,  1913.  Surveys  of  homestead  entries  within  na- 
tional forests.     (42  L.  D.,  124.) 

Circular  No.  435. — September  4,  1915.  Joint  regulations  governing  practice  in 
proceedings  against  entries  within  national  forests.     (44  L.  D.,  360.) 

ENTRIES   IN   NEBRASKA   UNDER   THE   KINKAID   ACTS. 

Circular  No  254. — July  17,  1913.  Revised  regulations  under  the  act  of  April  28, 
1904  (33  Stat.,  547),  and  amendatory  and  supplemental  acts.  (42  L.  D., 
224.) 


PUBLICATIONS   ISSUED  BY  GENERAL   LAND   OFFICE.  3 

INDIAN   LANDS— EXTENSION   OE   TIMK 

Circular  No.  53.— September  8,  1911.     Rosebud  Indian  lands.     (40  L.  D.,  2G7.) 

Act  of  August  17,  1911    (37  Stat.,  21). 
Circular  No  104.— May  2,  1912.     Coeur  d'Alene  Indian  lands.     (41  L.  D.,  1.) 

Act  of  April  15,  1912    (37  Stat.,  85). 
Circular  No.   106. — May   4,   1912.     Cheyenne  River  and  Standing   Rock  Indian 
lands.      (41  L.  D.,  12.) 

Act  of  April  13,  1912   (37  Stat.,  84). 
Circular  No.  124.— .June  8,  1912.     Oklahoma  pasture  lands.      (41  L.  D.,  80.) 
Act  of  April  27,  1912   (37  Stat.,  91).     [See,  also.  Circular  No.  350.] 
Circular  No.  154.— August  8,  1912.     Uintah  lands.      (41  L.  D.,  148.) 

Act  of  July  2Q,  1912   (37  Stat.,  196). 
Circular   No.   332.— ^.Tune  17,   1914.     Fort   Berthold,    Rosebud,    and   Pine   Ridge 
lands.     (43  L.  D.,  280.) 

Act  of  May  28,  1914  (38  Stat.,  383).      [See,  also.  Circular  No.  462.] 
Circular  No.   350. — September  3,   1914.     Kiowa,   Comanche,   and  Apache  lands. 
(43  L.  D.,  376.) 

Act  of  August  1,  1914   (38  Stat.,  582).     [See,  also,  Circular  No.  124.] 
Circular  No.  462. — February  29,  1916.    Reserved  coal  lands  within  former  Fort 
Berthold  Indian  Reservation.     (45  L.  D.,  — .) 

Acts  of  August  3,  1914   (38  Stat.,  681),  and  May  28,  1914  (38  Stat.,  383). 

DESERT   LAND. 

[A  revised  edition  of  the  desert-land  circular  will  be  ready  for  distribution  about 

July  1,  1916.] 
September  30,  1910. — Statutes  and  regulations  governing  entries  and  proof  under 
the  desert-land  laws.     (39  L.  D.,  253.) 

[Amended  by  Circulars  Nos.  308  and  383,] 
Circular  No.  308.— IMarch  23,  1914.     Paragraphs  12  and  13  of  the  desert-land 

regulations  amended.     (43  L.  D.,  203.) 
Circular  No.  383. — February  25,  1915.     Paragraph  13  of  the  desert-land  regula- 
tions amended,   with  a  view  to  preventing  the  allowance  of  desert-land 
entries  for  lands  incapable  of  reclamation.     (43  L.  D.,  528.) 
Circular  No.  354. — September  26,  1914.     Second  desert-land  entries.      (43  L.  D., 
408.) 

Act  of  September  5,  1914   (38  Stat.,  720). 

Circular  No.  361. — November  4,  1914.  Marriage  of  female  citizens  after  initiat- 
ing claim  to  public  lauds.     (43  L.  D.,  444.) 

Act  of  October  17,  1914    (38   Stat.,  740). 

Circular  No.  399.— April  13,  1915.  Regulations  under  the  act  of  IMarch  4,  1915 
(38  Stat.,  1138),  for  the  relief  of  desert-land  entrymen.      (44  L.  D.,  56.) 

RECLAMATION. 

[It  is  expected  that  a  revision  of  the  "  General  Reclamation  Circular  "  will  be 

ready  for  distribution  about  June  1,  1916.] 

September  6,  1913. — General  reclamation  circular.     (42  L.  D.,  349.) 

Laws    and    regulations    relating   to   the   reclamation    of   arid    lands    by    the 
United  States. 

March  10,  1915. — Homestead  entries  and  water  right  applications  for  lands 
within  the  Flathead  Irrigation  Project,  Flathead  Indian  Reservation.  (44 
L.  D.,  12.) 


4  PUBLICATIONS    ISSUED   BY    GENEEAL    LAND    OFFICE. 

TIMBER   AND   STONE. 

Circular  No.  289. — Regulations  under  the  timber  and  stone  law.  Revision  of 
•January  2.  1914.      (43  L.  D.,  37.) 

[Amended  by  Circulars  Nos.  450  and  461.] 

Circular  No.  450. — December  20,  1915.  Second  paragraph  of  section  20  of  the 
timber  and  stone  regulations  amended.     (44  L.  D.,  504.) 

Hearings    in    certain    case?    to    he    allowed    by    local    officers. 
Circular  No.  461. — February  28,  1916.    Paragraph  19  of  regulations  under  timber 
and  stone  law  amended.      (44  L.  D.,  — .) 

rrovision  made  for  notice  to  applicant  of  his  riglits  where  appraisement  of 
property  is  not  made  within  nine  months  from  date  of  the  application  to 
purchase. 

MINING. 

Circular  No  186. — October  29,  1912.  Placer  mining  claims  in  Alaska.  (41 
L.  D.,  347.) 

[Also  incoi'porated   in   Circular   No.   430. J 

Circular  No.  430. — August  6,  1915.  United  States  mining  laws  and  regulations 
thereunder.      (44  L.  D.,  247.) 

AMENDMENT    OF    ENTRIES. 

Circular  No.  423. — July  10,  1915.  Revised  regulations  governing  amendment 
of  entries  pursuant  to  section  2372,  Revised  Statutes,  as  amended  by  the 
act  of  February  24,  1909    (35  Stat.,  645).      (44  L.  D.,  181.) 

PUBLIC    SALES. 

Circular  No.  371. — January  11,  1915.  Offerings  at  public  sale  under  section 
2455,  Revised  Statutes,  as  amended  by  the  act  of  March  28,  1912  (37  Stat., 
77).      (43  L.  D.,  485.) 

ALASKA. 

[The  department  lias  issued  a  pamphlet  entitled  "  General  information  regard- 
ing the  Territory  of  Alaska."] 
Circular  No.  85. — February  24,  1912.     Sale  and  use  of  timber  upon  the  unre- 
served public  lands  in  the  District  of  Alaska.     (40  L.  D.,  477.) 
Circular   No.    186. — October   29,    1912.     Placer    mining   claims    in    Alaska.      (41 
L.  D.,  347.) 

[Also  incorporated  in  Circular  No.  430.] 

Circular  No.  197. — November. 20,  1912.  Location  of  rights  under  section  2306 
and  2307,  Revised  Statutes,  and  making  entries  for  trade,  manufacture,  or 
other  productive  industry  in  the  District  of  Alaska.      (41  L.  D.,  356.) 

Circular  No.  247. — July  7.  1913.  Reserved  areas  between  claims  in  Alaska. 
(42  L.  D.,  213.) 

"  Other  waters  "  defined.  Limitations  on  the  location  of  soldiers'  ad- 
ditional  rights,   etc. 

Circular  No.  288.— December  23,  1913.  Description  of  land  in  notices  of  appli- 
cations for  patent,  etc.,  in  Alaska.     (42  L.  D.,  581.) 

Circular  No.  298. — .lanuary  31,  1914.  Allotments  to  Indians  and  Eskimos  in 
Alaska.     (43  L.  D.,  88.) 

Act  of  May  17,  1906  (34  Stat.,  197). 


PUBLICATIONS    ISSUED   BY   GENEEAL    LAND    OFFICE.  5 

Circular  No.  370. — December  30.  1914.  Free  u.se  of  coal  in  unre.served  public 
lands  in  Alaska.     (43  L.  D.,  481.) 

Circular  No.  373. — January  12,  1915.  Extension  of  public  surveys  in  Alasl<n. 
(43  L.  D..  494.) 

Circular  No.  458. — February  16,  1916.  Forfeiture  of  lots  under  Alaskan  Rail- 
road town-site  regulations.     Procedure.     (44  L.  D.,  — . ) 

RIGHTS   OF   WAY. 

June  6,  1908. — Right  of  way  over  public  lands  and  reservations  for  canals, 
ditches,  and  reservoirs,  and  use  of  right  of  way  for  various  purposes.  Re- 
print of  October,  1915,  with  amendments. 

May  21,  1909. — Railroad  right  of  way  over  the  public  land.s,  and  forfeiture  acts. 
(37  L.  D.,  787.) 

January  6,  1913. — Grants  for  rights  of  way  over,  across,  and  upon  the  public 
lands  and  reservations  of  the  United  States' under  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
Department  of  the  Interior  for  electrical  poles  and  lines  for  the  transmi.s- 
sion  and  distribution  of  electrical  power,  and  for  poles  and  lines  for  tele- 
phone and  telegraph  purposes,  under  the  act  of  March  4,  1911  (86  Stat., 
1253).      (41  L.  D.,  454.) 

[Paragraph  6  amended  October  1.5,  1913  (42  L.  D.,  465).] 

March  1,  1913. — Rights  of  way  for  power  purposes  through  public  lands  and 
reservations  (except  national  forests).     (41  L.  D.,  532.) 

July  19,  1913.— Addenda  to  regulations  of  IMarch  1,  1913  (41  L.  D.,  532.)  (42 
L.  D.,  348.) 

STATE  SELECTIONS. 

June  23,  1910. — The  selection  of  lands  by  States  and  Territories  under  grants 

for  educational  and  other  purposes.     (39  L.  D.,  39.) 
Circular   No.    128. — June   14,   1912.     Selections  by    States   of  lands  withdrawn, 

classified,  or  valuable  for  coal.     (41  L.  D.,  89.) 
Act  of  April  30,  1912   (37  Stat.,  105). 

PRACTICE. 

Rules  of  Practice. — Reprint  of  November  10,  1915,  with  amendments.  (44 
L.  D.  395.) 

Rules   of   practice   in    cases   before   the    United    States   district    land    offices, 
the  General  Land  Office,  and  the  Department  of  the  Interior. 

Circular  No.  460. — Februai-y  26,  1916.  Manner  of  proceeding  in  contests  ini- 
tiated upon  a  report  by  a  representative  of  the  General  Land  Office.  (44 
L.  D.,  — .) 

Revision  of  the  instructions  of  January  19,  1911  (39  L.  D.,  458). 
Circular  No.  435. — September  4,  1915.     .Joint  regulations  governing  practice  in 

proceeding  against  entries  within  national  forests.     (44  L.  D.,  360.) 
April  20,  1907. — Regulations  governing  the  recognition  of  agents  and  attorneys 

before  district  land  offices.     (35  L.  D.,  534.) 
December  6,  1912. — Regulations  governing  the  recognition  of  agents  and  attor- 
neys before  the  department  and  its  bureaus.     (41  L.  D.,  439.) 
[See,  also,  Rule  of  Practice  87  as  amended  Apr.  9,  1915.] 
May  18   [231.  1904. — Instructions  relative  to  production  of  papers  in  court  as 
evidence.     (32  L.  D.,  635.) 

Act  of  April  19,  1904   (33  Stat.,  186). 


6  PUBLICATIONS   ISSUED  BY   GENEEAL    LAND    OFFICE. 

Circiilar   No.    48. — August   19,   1911.     Preparation   of   transcripts   of   testimony. 

(40  L.  D.,  230.) 
Circular  No.  225. — Aiiril  1,  1913.     Relinquisliment  filed  pending  contest.     Riglits 

of  contestant.     (42  L.  D.,  71.) 

PUBLICATION   OF   NOTICES. 

Pebruary  21,  1908.^Location  of  warrants,  scrip,  certificates,  soldiers'  additional 
rights,  etc.      (3G  L.  D.,  278.) 

Regulations   as    to    publication    and    posting    of   notices. 

Aiigiist  11,  1909.^ — Instructions  relative  to  publication  of  final-proof  notices  and 
concerning  the  disci'etionary  authority  of  registers  in  the  selection  of  news- 
papers for  that  purpose.      (38  L.  D.,  131.) 

Amended  by  Circular  No.  310   (43  L.  D.,  216). 

Circular  No.  310. — April  4,  1914.  Final  proof  notices — Publication — Newspaper, 
(43  L.  D.,  216.) 

Instructions   of   August   11,    1909    (38    L.   D.,    131),   amended. 

SURVEYING. 

[The  following  publications  may  be  obtained  from  the  Superintendent  of 
Documents,  Government  Printing  Office,  for  the  prices  stated :  Manual  of  Sur- 
veys, 75  cents ;  Standard  Field  Tables,  60  cents ;  Ephemeris  of  the  Sun  and 
Polaris  and  tables  of  azimuths  of  polaris  for  the  year  1916,  5  cents.] 

June  1,  1909. — Restoration  of  lost  or  obliterated  corners.     (38  L.  D.,  1.) 

The  Improved  Solar  Attachment:   A  description  of  the  Smith  solar  attachment 

as  recently  improved  for  the  surveying  service  of  the  General  Land  Office, 

with  a  statement  of  the  adjustments. 

REPAYMENTS. 

A  revision  of  the  regulations  governing  repayments  under  the  acts  of  June 
16,  1880  (21  Stat.,  287),  and  March  26,  1908  (35  Stat,  48),  will  be  ready  for 
distribution  about  July  1,  1916. 

CERTIFIED  COPIES  OF  RECORDS  AND  PAPERS. 

Circular  No.  456. — January  28,  1916.  Cost  of  certified  copies  of  records  and 
papers.     (44  L.  D.,  — .) 

Amendment  of  schedule  of  fees  set  forth  in  Circular  No.  180  (41  L.  D., 
333).  The  cost  of  the  internal  revenue  stamps,  instead  of  the  stamps,  may 
be  sent  with  orders  for  certified  copies. 

Circular  No.  457. — February  2,  1916.  Instructions  to  applicants  for  perfect 
patents  in  those  cases  in  which  the  records  do  not  show  the  signing  of  the 
originals  by  the  proper  officers. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Circular  No.  119.— May  24,  1912.  Regulations  under  the  act  of  April  23,  1912 
(37  Stat.,  90),  extending  the  operation  of  the  act  of  June  22,  1910  (36 
Stat.,  583),  to  coal  laiids  in  Alabama.     (41  L.  D.,  32.) 

Circular  No.  120. — May  24,  1912.  Laws  and  regulations  respecting  the  assign- 
ment, location,  and  use  of  bounty-land  warrants.     (41  L.  D..  34.) 


PUBLICATIONS   ISSUED  BY   GENEEAL   LAND   OFFICE.  7 

Circular  No.  222. — March  25,  1913.  Free  use  of  timber  on  mineral  public  lands. 
(42  L.  D.,  30.) 

Circular  No  223. — March  25,  1913.  Free  u.se  of  timber  on  non-mineral  public 
lands. 

Circular  No.  258. — August  1,  1913.  Sale  of  fire-killed  or  damaged  timber.  (42 
L.  D.,  300.) 

Circular  No.  324. — May  22,  1914.  Disposition  of  applications,  filings,  and  selec- 
tions presented  for  lands  which  have  been  theretofore  unsurveyed  or  with- 
drawn or  reserved.      (43  L.  D.,  254.) 

Circular  No.  386. — February  27,  1915.     Exchange  of  lands  within  Indian  reser- 
vations for  public  lands.      (43  L.  D.,  565.) 
Act  of  April  21,  1904   (33  Stat.,  211). 

Circular  No.  393. — March  20,  1915.  Agricultural  entries  of  phosphate,  oil,  and 
other  mineral  lands.      (44  L.  D.,  32.) 

Act  of  July  17,  1914   (38  Stat.,  509).      [Incorporated  in  Circular  No.  430.J 

Circular  No.  426. — July  24,  1915.  Status  of  certain  Government  lands  in  the 
State  of  Arkansas  which  were  shown  on  the  original  plats  as  "  St.  Francis 
River  Sunk  Lands"  and  variously  named  lakes.     (44  L.  D.,  207.) 

Circular  No.  433. — August  23,  1915.  Suggestions  to  United  States  commis- 
sioners and  judges  and  clerks  of  courts  of  record,  under  section  2294,  Re- 
vised Statutes,  as  amended.     (44  L.  D.,  350.) 

August  7,  1909. — Laws  and  regulations  relating  to  town  sites,  parks,  and  ceme- 
teries.    (38  L.  D.,  92.) 

August  4,  1915. — Regulations  governing  the  disposal  of  cut-over  timber  lands  on 
the  Flathead  Indian  Reservation.     (44  L.  D.,  240.) 

MAPS   AND  PLATS. 

Photolithographic  copies  of  plats  representing  Government  surveys  and  general  to- 
pography, in  townships  6  miles  square  or  fractions  thereof,  scale  2  inches  to  the  mile 
in  Alabama,  Arkansas,  Florida,  Illinois,  Indiana,  Iowa,  Kansas,  Louisiana,  Michigan, 
Minnesota,  Mississippi,  Missouri,  Nebraska,  North  and  South  Dakota,  Ohio,  Oklahoma, 
Wisconsin,  and  the  other  States  west  of  the  Mississippi  River,  except  Texas,  can 
usually  be  furnished  by  this  office  at  a  cost  of  25  cents  each.  When,  for  any  reason, 
photolithographs  are  not  available,  tracings  can  be  prepared  and  furnished  at  a  cost  of 
$1  each  and  upward,  according  to  size,  topography,  etc.  Tracings  and  all  other  copies 
may  be  certified,  the  extra  charge  being  35  cents  each  or  per  township,  which  includes 
the  10-cent  internal  revenue  stamp  which  must  be  affixed  to  each  certificate. 

The  above  copies  do  not  show  lands  subject  to  entry,  if  any,  which  data  will  be  fur- 
nished by  the  registers  and  receivers  of  the  local  United  States  land  offices,  when  the 
current  work  of  the  particular  office  will  permit,  at  $1  per  township.  No  county  maps 
are  published  by  this  office,  and  blue  prints  can  not  be  made  of  mounted  township  plats. 

Maps  of  the  public-land  States,  scale  12  miles  to  the  inch — except  that  of  Michigan, 
16  miles  to  the  inch — are  sold  by  the  Superintendent  of  Documents,  Government  Print- 
ing Office,  this  city,  at  25  cents  each,  except  that  of  California,  which  is  printed  in  two- 
sheet  form,  and  costs  50  cents.  The  Superintendent  of  Documents,  at  above  address, 
also  sells  an  Alaska  map  at  25  cents,  and  a  large  wall  map  of  the  United  States  at  a 
cost  of  $1.  Copies  of  the  United  States  map  are  delivered  to  Congress  for  free 
distribution. 

A  circular  giving  prices  of  post-route  maps  of  all  the  States  may  be  obtained  from 
the  Chief  Disbursing  Clerk,  Post  Office  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Topographic  maps  are  published  by  the  Geological  Survey.  Circulars  as  to  the  cost 
of  same  may  be  obtained  from  the  Director  of  the  Geological  Survey,  Washington,  D.  C. 


CIECULARS  NOT  AVAILABLE  FOE  DISTEIBUTION  BUT  PUBLISHED 
IN  THE  LAND  DECISIONS. 


COAL   LAND. 


April  12.  1907— Coal-land  laws  and  regulations  thereunder.      (35  L.  D.,  665.) 

[Amended    by    circulars    of   July   9.    1912    (41    L.    D.,    100),    Dec.    30,    1012 
(41  L.  D.,  416),  and  May  23,  1913   (42  L.  D.,  170).] 

March  21,  1908. — Withdrawn  coal  lands — Notice  of  claim — Classification.      (30 

L.  D.,  318.) 

[Rtivoked  by  circular  of  Aug.  10,  1910   (39  L.  D.,  157).] 
August  10,  1910.— Circular  of  March  21,  1908,  revoked.      (89  L.  D.,  1.57.) 
July  9,  1912. — Paragraph  19  of  coal-land  regulations  amended.     (41  L.  D.,  100.) 
December  SO,  1912. — Paragraph  18  of  coal-land  regulations  amended.      (41  T>.  D., 

416.) 
May  23,  1913. — Paragraphs  20,  21,  and  25  of  the  coal-land  regulations  vacated. 

(42  L.  D.,  170.) 
February  16,  1915. — Classification  of  coal  lands.      (43  L.  D.,  520.) 
Previous  instructions  vacated. 

ENTRIES    FOR   SURFACE   OF    COAL    LANDS. 

September  7,  1909. — Amended  instructions  under  act  of  March  3,  1909  (35  Stat., 
844),  for  the  protection  of  surface  rights  of  entrymen.      (38  L.  D.,  183.) 

[Amended    by   circulars   of   Apr.    18,    1910    (38    L.    D.,    576),    and   Nov.   21, 
1912    (41   L.   D.,   358).] 

April  18,  1910.— Form  4-357  amended.      (38  L.  D.,  576.) 

Election    to   accept    surface   title   need   not   be   sworn    to. 

November  21,  1912. — Paragraph  7  of  instructions  of  September  7,  1909  (38  Jj.  D., 
183),  amended.      (41  L.  D.,  358.) 

September  8,  1910.— Instructions  under  the  act  of  June  22,  1910  (30  Stat..  .583), 
to  provide  for  agricultural  entries  on  coal  lands.     (39  L.  D.,  179.) 

[Amended  by  circulars  of  .Tan.  23,  1911    (39  L.  D.,  473),  and  Oct.  26.  1914 
(43  L.  D.,  424).] 

January    23,    1911. — Second    paragr.iph    of    i-egulations    of    September    8,    1910, 
amended.      (39  L.  D.,  473.) 

October  26,  1914. — Paragraph  2  of  subdivision  6  of  regulations  of  September  8, 
1910,  amended.      (43  L.  D.,  424.) 

June  3,  1914. — Supplemental  patents  for  lands  subsequently  classified  as  non- 
coal.      (43  L.  D..  271.) 

Act  of  April   14,  1914    (38   Stat.,  335). 


PUBLICATIONS    ISSUED    BY    GENERAL   LAND    OFFICE.  9 

ADDITIONAL   HOMESTEAD   ENTRIES, 

[See  paragraphs  13c  and  14  and  Appendix  No.  4  of  Circular  No.  414. J 
July  27,  1907. — Additional  homestead  entries  under  acts  of  April  28.  1904   (33 
Htat.,  527),  and  March  2,  1889   (2.5  Stat.,  854).      (36  L.  D.,  46.) 
[Modified  by  circular  of  Sept.  11,   1908    (37   L.  D.,   160).] 

September   11,   1908. — Paragraph  3  of  regulations  of  July   27,   1907,    amended. 

(37  L.  D.,  160.) 
Circular  No.  177. — October  2,  1912.     Additional  rule  in  regard  to  perfecting  an 

additional  entrj-  under  section  2  of  the  act  of  April  28,   1904    (33   Stat., 

527).      (41  L.  D.,  292.) 

CAREY   ACT   SELECTIONS. 

April  9,  1909. — Selections  under  Carey  Act.      (37  L.  D.,  624.) 

General  regulations  governing  applications  by  the  several  States  for  segre- 
gation or  patenting  of  lands  under  the  Carey  Act.  Section  4  of  the  act  of 
August  18,  1894   (28  Stat.,  372,  422). 

March  30,  1908.— Lists  of  lands  patented  l)y  States.     (36  L.  D.,  342.) 

Each  State  to  report  annually  the  lands  (acquired  under  the  Carey  Act) 
patented  by  it  to  individuals. 

May  13,  1909. — Applications  by  States  for  extension  of  tlie  ten-year  period  of 

segregation.     (37  L.  D.,  682.) 
April  25,  1910.— Regulations  under  the  act  of  March  1.5,  1910   (36  Stat.,  237). 
(38  L.  D.,  580.) 

Applications  for  temporary  withdrawal  of  land  in  order  that  a  State  may 
determine  whether  or  not  to  file  an  application  for  the  segregation  thereof 
under  the  Carey  Act.  Paragraph  9  amended  by  circular  of  September  7. 
1912  (41  L.  D.,  256),  and  further  amended  by  circular  of  June  17,  1914  (43 
L,  D.,  281). 

September  7,   1912. — Paragraph  9  of  regulations  of-  April  25,  1910,   amended. 

(41  L.  D.,  256.) 

[See  circular  of  June  17,  1914,  below.] 
June   17,   1914. — Paragraph  9  of  regulations  of  April  25,  1910,  amended.      (43 

L.  D.,  281.) 

Inquiries  relative  to  the  entry  of  lands  segregated  or  patented  to  a  State  under  the 
Carey  Act,  and  inquiries  by  persons  desiring  to  contract  with  a  State  for  the  construc- 
tion of  a  system  for  the  irrigation  of  lands,  should  be  addressed  to  the  officials  of  the 
particular  State,  as  follows  : 

Arizona  :   State  Land  Department,  Phoenix. 

Colorado  :  State  Board  of  Land  Commissioners,  Denver. 

Idaho  :  State  Board  of  Land  Commissioners,  Boise. 

Montana  :  Carey  Land  Act  Board,  Helena. 

Nevada  :  Commission  of  Industry,  Agriculture,  and  Irrigation,  Carson  City. 

New  Mexico  :  Carey  Act  Land  Board,  Santa  Fe. 

Oregon  :  Desert  Land  Board,  Salem. 

Utah  :   State  Board  of  Land  Commissioners,   Salt  Lake  City. 

Wyoming  :   State  Board  of  Land  Commissioners,  Cheyenne. 

SETTLERS   ON    LANDS    GRANTED    TO    RAILROADS. 

April  30,  1886.— Settlers  on  restored  railroad  lands.      (5  L.  D.,  165.) 

Act  of  .January  13,  1881  (21  Stat.,  315). 
February   13,   1889.— Claimants  under  sections  P,.  4,  and  5  of  act  of  March  3, 
1887  (24  Stat,  556).     (8  L.  D.,  348.) 

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10  PUBLICATIONS   ISSUED  BY   GENERAL   LAND   OFFICE. 

February  14,  1899.— Regulations  under  the  act  of  July  1,  1898   (30  Stat.,  597, 
620),  to  facilitate  the  adjustment  by  the  Land  Department  of  conflicting 
claims  to  lands  within  the  limits  of  the  grant  to  the  Northern  Pacific  Rail- 
road Company.     (28  L.  D.,  103,  470.) 
[See,  also,  35  L.  D.,  10.] 

September  22,  1902.— Regulations  under  the  acts  of  June  22,  1874  (IS  Stat., 
194),  August  29,  1890  (26  Stat.,  369),  and  July  1,  1902  (32  Stat.,  733). 
(31  L.  D.,  424.) 

April  7,  1903.— Regulations  under  the  act  of  March  3,  1903  (32  Stat.,  1222), 
for  the  relief  of  certain  homestead  settlers  in  the  State  of  Alabama.  (32 
L.  D.,  89.) 

August  2,  1904.— Act  of  April  28,  1904  (33  Stat.,  556),  for  the  relief  of  small- 
holding settlers  on  lands  of  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Railroad  Company.  (33 
L.  D.,  156.) 

jUpril  11,  1907.— Act  of  March  4,  1907  (34  Stat.,  1408),  for  the  relief  of  home- 
stead settlers  on  railroad  lands  in  Alabama.     (35  L.  D.,  502.) 

June  20,  1914.— Instructions  under  the  act  of  March  4,  1913  (37  Stat,  1007), 
for  the  relief  of  Indians  occupying  railroad  lands  in  Arizona,  New  Mexico, 
and  California.     (43  L.  D.,  284.) 

SWAMP  LANDS. 

December  13,  1886. — Modification  of  rules  heretofore  in  force  relative  to  entries 
and  filings  on  lands  selected  as  "  swamp  and  overflowed  and  rendered 
thereby  unfit  for  cultivation."      (5  L.  D.,  279.) 

September  19,  1891. — Presentation  and  adjustment  of  claims  under  the  swamp- 
laud  laws.      (13  L.  D.,  301.) 

LIEU  LANDS  SELECTIONS. 

July  7,  1902. — Instructions  relative  to  forest-reserve  lieu  lands  selections.  Acts 
of  June  4,  1897  (30  Stat.,  36),  and  June  6,  1900  (31  Stat,  614).  (31 
L.  D.,  372.) 

May  16,  1905.— Instructions  under  act  of  March  3,  1905  (33  Stat.,  1264),  re- 
pealing the  act  of  June  4,  1897  (30  Stat.,  36),  and  acts  amendatory  thereof, 
allowing  selections  in  lieu  of  lands  situated  in  forest  reserves,  and  de- 
fining the  scope  of  the  provisions  relating  to  contracts  entered  into  be- 
tween the  Secretary  of  the  Interior,  etc.,  with  directions  thereunder.  (33 
L.  D.,  558.) 

REPAYMENTS. 

July  23,  1910. — Instructions  governing  repayments  under  the  acts  of  June  16, 
1880  (21  Stat.,  287),  and  March  26,  1908  (35  Stat.,  48.)  (39  L.  D.,  141, 
146.) 

[Amended  by  Circular  No.  184   (41  L.  D.,  .346).] 

Circular  No.  184. — October  24,  1912. — Credit  for  prior  payment  to  be  allowed 
upon  second  proof.     (41  L.  D.,  346.) 

CROW  INDIAN  LANDS,   MONTANA. 

October  3  and  5,  1914. — Disposal  of  ceded  lands  in  Crow  Indian  Reservation. 
(43  L.  D.,  413,  417.) 

Based  on  Proclamation  of  September  28,  1914   (43  L.  D.,  413). 

June  1,  1915. — Instructions  as  to  certain  tracts  in  Crow  Indian  Reservation  sold 
as  nonmineral  and  subsequently  classified  as  coal.      (44  L.  D.,  121.) 

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FLATHEAD   INDIAN   LANDS,    MONTANA. 

August  4,  1915. — Regulations  governing  tlie  disposal  of  cut-over  timber  lands 
on  the  Flathead  Indian  Reservation.      (44  L.  D.,  240.) 

FORT  BERTHOLD  INDIAN  LANDS,   NORTH  DAKOTA. 

September  21,  1915. — -Regulations  governing  the  opening  to  entry  of  the  surface 
of  the  coal  lands  in  the  Fort  Berthold  Indian  Reservation.      (44  L.  D.,  455.) 
Based  on  the  Proclamation  of  September  17,  1915   (44  L.  D.,  4.52.) 

FORT  PECK  INDIAN   LANDS,   MONTANA. 

July  25,  1913.— Opening  of  Fort  Peck  Indian  lands.      (42  L.  D.,  2G7.) 

[Amended  by  supplemental  regulations  of  Feb.  25,  1914.      (43  L.,D.,  135).] 
[For  Proclamation,  see  42  L.  D.,  264.] 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

May  15,  1901. — Final  proof — School  section — Notice.      (30  L.  D.,  607.) 

Entrymen  for  lands  in  sections  that  have  been  granted  to  the  State  for 
school  purposes  must  serve  copy  of  notice  of  intention  to  submit  final  proof 
on  the  proper  State  authorities. 

February  16,  1909. — Absence  of  officeholders  from  their  homesteads.     (37  L.  D., 

449.) 
November  3,  1909. — Applications   and  selections  for   and  filings   and  locations 

upon  unsurveyed  lands.     (38  L.  D.,  287.) 
Circular  No.  198. — November  29,  1912.     Inspection  of  serial  number  register  in 

local  offices.     (41  L.  D.,  358.) 
Circular  No.  234. — April  24,  1913.     Instructions  under  the  IMinnesota  drainage 
laws.     (42  L.  D.,  104.) 

Instructions  of  June  3,  1908  (36  L.  D.,  477),  February  29,  1912  (40  L.  D., 
438),  and  May  16,  1912  (41  L.  D.,  18),  under  the  act  of  May  20,  1908  (35 
Stat.,  169),  revised  and  amended. 

Circular  No.  309. — March  14,  1914.     Ci'edit  for  residence  during  contest.      (43 

L.  D.,  187.) 
Circular  No.  316. — April  24,  1914.     Extension  of  time  on  desert-land  entries  in 

Grant  and  Franklin  Counties,  Wash.     (43  L.  D.,  227.) 
Act  of  October  30,  1913   (38  Stat.,  234). 
Circular   No.   436. — September   4,    1915.     Service  of   notice   on   unknown    heirs. 

(44  L.  D.,  364.) 

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